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Manu Sarabia Personal information Full name Manuel Sarabia López Date of birth 9 January 1957 Place of birth Abanto Zierbena, Spain Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Striker Youth career San Pedro Sestao 1974 Athletic Bilbao Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1974–1976 Bilbao Athletic 52 (20) 1976–1988 Athletic Bilbao 284 (83) 1977–1978 → Barakaldo (loan) 33 (15) 1988–1991 Logroñés 79 (19) 1974–1991 Total 448 (137) National team 1978 Spain U21 2 (0) 1979–1983 Spain amateur 4 (1) 1983–1985 Spain 15 (2) Teams managed 1995–1997 Bilbao Athletic 1999–2000 Badajoz 2002 Numancia * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Sarabia and the second or maternal family name is López.Manuel Sarabia López (born 9 January 1957 in Gallarta, Abanto Zierbena, Biscay) is a former Spanish footballer, who played as a left-footed striker.
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Club career
Sarabia came through the ranks of Lezama, Athletic Club de Bilbao's prolific youth system, making his debut for the main squad on 19 September 1976, in a 1–1 home draw against CD Málaga. A full first team member from 1978–79 onwards, having also served a loan with neighbours Barakaldo CF in 1977–78, he went on to appear in 284 top level matches for the Basque outfit (with 83 goals, having a best output of 16 in 1982–83, when Athletic won the league title, renewing it the following season).
Sarabia retired aged 34 in 1991, after three seasons with modest CD Logroñés (also in the first division, 79 games and 19 goals). He took up coaching three years later, having very brief stints in the second division - the only season he started and finished, with Bilbao Athletic, ended in relegation.
International career
Sarabia played 15 times with Spain in a two-year span, scoring twice. His first goal was one of 12 in the nation's routing of Malta in a UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier in Seville.
Sarabia subsequently appeared in the tournament's final stage in France, having three substitute appearances for the runners-up.
International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 21 December 1983 Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain Malta
11–1 12–1 Euro 1984 qualification 2. 12 June 1985 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland
1–1 1–2 1986 World Cup qualification Honours
- Athletic Bilbao
- Spanish League: 1982–83, 1983–84
- Spanish Cup: 1983–84
- Spanish Supercup: 1984
- Spain
- UEFA European Football Championship: Runner-up 1984
External links
- BDFutbol player profile
- BDFutbol coach profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Athletic Bilbao profile
- Manuel Sarabia at National-Football-Teams.com
Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1984 Runners-up 1 Arconada • 2 Urquiaga • 3 Camacho • 4 A. Maceda • 5 Goikoetxea • 6 Gordillo • 7 Señor • 8 V. Muñoz • 9 Santillana • 10 Gallego • 11 Carrasco • 12 Salva • 13 Buyo • 14 J. Alberto • 15 Roberto • 16 Francisco • 17 Marcos • 18 Butragueño • 19 Sarabia • 20 Zubizarreta • Coach: MuñozCategories:- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Biscay
- Spanish footballers
- Basque footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga footballers
- Bilbao Athletic footballers
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- Barakaldo CF footballers
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain amateur international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- Spanish football managers
- CD Numancia managers
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